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Created
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04ABUDHABI2649
2004-08-10 13:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 11:52:40 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM August 10, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2649 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02649 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON AMB POL DCM Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI245 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #2649 2231346 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 101346Z AUG 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5426 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0825 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0862 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002649
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON - PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002649
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON - PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB
1. SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" (CIRCULATION 85,000)
NOTED THE NEW CONFESSIONS OF THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA ENGLAND
REVEALING THAT ALL OF THE TORTURE THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT ABU
GHRAIB PRISON WAS RECEIVED WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING
OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE EDITORIAL
CLAIMED THAT THIS REVEALED THAT THE TORTURE WAS CONDONED AND
APPROVED BY OFFICIALS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, SUCH AS
SECRETARY RUMSFELD. THESE TORTURES DISGRACED THE U.S. AND THE
SIPDIS
AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD START REALIZING WHAT BAD THINGS THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING AND REPRESENTING. END SUMMARY.
2. "THE NEW CONFESSIONS REVEALED BY THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA
ENGLAND REGARDING ABU GHRAIB PRISON AND THE BRUTAL TORTURES THAT
TOOK PLACE THERE BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS AGAINST IRAQI PRISONERS
MEANS THAT THIS SCANDAL WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE CURRENT AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION IF IT REMAINS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR NOT. THE
SOLDIER REVEALED THAT WHOEVER TORTURED THE PRISONERS WAS RECEIVED
WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING U.S. OFFICERS AND
OFFICIALS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE TORTURE WAS A DECISION MADE BY
HIGH POLITICAL LEVELS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY
SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DONALD RUMSFEILD. THIS IS WHY THE TRIAL OF
SIPDIS
THE LOW-RANKING SOLDIERS WHO TORTURED THE PRISONERS IS ONLY A
DIVERSION OF THE REAL SOURCE OF IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
THERE ARE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS IN THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION
THAT SHOULD BE TRIED - NOT THE LITTLE SCAPEGOATS.
REGARDLESS, THE DISGRACE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF
THESE BRUTAL ACTIONS IN ABU GHRAIB PRISON IN IRAQ WILL NOT BE
ERASED EASILY, AND THERE ARE MORE SCANDALS BY THE OFFICIALS OF
BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION TO BE REVEALED SOON. THE HOPE IS THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL REALIZE WHAT KIND OF ADMINISTRATION IS
REPRESENTING THEM."
ALBRIGHT
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON - PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB
1. SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" (CIRCULATION 85,000)
NOTED THE NEW CONFESSIONS OF THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA ENGLAND
REVEALING THAT ALL OF THE TORTURE THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT ABU
GHRAIB PRISON WAS RECEIVED WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING
OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE EDITORIAL
CLAIMED THAT THIS REVEALED THAT THE TORTURE WAS CONDONED AND
APPROVED BY OFFICIALS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, SUCH AS
SECRETARY RUMSFELD. THESE TORTURES DISGRACED THE U.S. AND THE
SIPDIS
AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD START REALIZING WHAT BAD THINGS THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING AND REPRESENTING. END SUMMARY.
2. "THE NEW CONFESSIONS REVEALED BY THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA
ENGLAND REGARDING ABU GHRAIB PRISON AND THE BRUTAL TORTURES THAT
TOOK PLACE THERE BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS AGAINST IRAQI PRISONERS
MEANS THAT THIS SCANDAL WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE CURRENT AMERICAN
ADMINISTRATION IF IT REMAINS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR NOT. THE
SOLDIER REVEALED THAT WHOEVER TORTURED THE PRISONERS WAS RECEIVED
WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING U.S. OFFICERS AND
OFFICIALS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE TORTURE WAS A DECISION MADE BY
HIGH POLITICAL LEVELS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, ESPECIALLY
SECRETARY OF DEFENCE DONALD RUMSFEILD. THIS IS WHY THE TRIAL OF
SIPDIS
THE LOW-RANKING SOLDIERS WHO TORTURED THE PRISONERS IS ONLY A
DIVERSION OF THE REAL SOURCE OF IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
THERE ARE HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS IN THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION
THAT SHOULD BE TRIED - NOT THE LITTLE SCAPEGOATS.
REGARDLESS, THE DISGRACE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF
THESE BRUTAL ACTIONS IN ABU GHRAIB PRISON IN IRAQ WILL NOT BE
ERASED EASILY, AND THERE ARE MORE SCANDALS BY THE OFFICIALS OF
BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION TO BE REVEALED SOON. THE HOPE IS THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL REALIZE WHAT KIND OF ADMINISTRATION IS
REPRESENTING THEM."
ALBRIGHT